2007: The Year of Magical Thinking? - MediaBizzBuzz for December 17, 2007

2007 The Year of Magical Thinking It39s a macho affect to talk of how in response to the turning tides of technology that we39re responding with poise and stealth building new business models out of artifacts More accurately 2007 seems to have more in common with the Kamp252blerRoss Grief Cycle Denial Stage 2 Google versus Microsoft The New York Times handicaps Google39s cloud computing specifically Google Docs against Microsoft39s Office suite The substantive piece privileges Google CEO Eric Schmidt while the rebuttal is limply offered by MSFT39s Jeff Raikes Was Gates unavailable for comment or disinterested in appearing in the same frame as Schmidt Over at Silicon Alley Investor Henry Blodget puts his chips down on the side of Google at least in this battle if not the War Blodget characterizes Microsoft as wait for itamp160 in denial Reach senior ad execs Advertise on JackMyerscomThen there are the embarrassing conflicts of interests andor ethical blunders at both the FTC and the FCC As the FTC considers whether or not the Google and DoubleClick merger violates antitrust Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras and Commissioner William E Kovacic each have spouses with fiduciary ties to law firm Jones Day which is of counsel to Doubleclick Despite lobbying by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy neither has agreed to recuse themselvesAnd the FCC Even as Kevin Martin is being warned by a bipartisan Congressional effort to delay this Tuesday39s vote on changing media ownership rules he was made aware Thursday that not only is his longtime chief of staff Daniel Gonzalez a director of MCube Petroleum but that said company is being investigated for fraud We39re not done yet with Martin Then there are the embarrassing conflicts of interests andor ethical blunders at both the FTC and the FCC As the FTC considers whether or not the Google and DoubleClick merger violates antitrust Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras and Commissioner William E Kovacic each have spouses with fiduciary ties to law firm Jones Day which is of counsel to Doubleclick And the FCC Even as Kevin Martin is being warned by a bipartisan Congressional effort to delay this Tuesday39s vote on changing media ownership rules he was made aware Thursday that not only is his longtime We39re not done yet with Martin GAO say that the FCC has no plan around our 2009 digital conversion FCC sez quotYes we doquot Be very afraidMemo to both Majoras and Martin Perception Counts Let us not forget George Mitchell39s report on widespread steriod use in baseball While it was hardly an eyebrow raiser the Players Association39s firewalling of ballplayers from Mitchell seems almost as shameful as the substance abuse Almost Anger Stage 3TMobile turns off Twitter Statement from their customer service quotTMobile is not in violation of any agreement by not providing service to Twitter Please note that if you remain under contract and choose to cancel service you will be responsible for the 200 early termination fee Way to piss off your early adopter customers List Your Job Openings at Jobs at JackMyerscom emPowered by mediabistrocomBargaining Stage 4 Writers Strike There39s a new wrinkle even as talks have broken down between the WGA and the AMPTP Jack Myers opines how writers are meeting directly with advertisers and agencies while LA Weekly39s Nikki Finke is tracking that David Letterman39s production company Worldwide Pants is seeking a waiver with the WGA Depending on the spin these moves either undermine or strengthen the hand of the WGAamp160 That imminent walkout at MTVN that we reported last week It seems a partial success MTVN39s permalancers have their health benefits intact and some probably due to Gov Spitzer39s current probe positions are going to be reclassed as permanent Ad Spending TV Versus the Web It was a good year for online advertising but according to some not good enough As a group they want the Web to be more like TV Silicon Alley Investor39s Henry Blodget insists the opposite TV should be more like the Internet where accountability is concerned Sidebar CNET reports that piracy is not only the sincerest form of flattery but a gauge of your brand39s success RIP Intel ViiV The once touted home entertainment hub is being put in the lingo of the networks on permanent haitus Well not entirely but it39s certainly losing its place of pride in the Microsoft hierarchy and will be recast as Core 2 with ViiV come 2008MovieBeam Investor39s Business Daily uses the demise of the service as an excuse to consider the fate of movie downloading in the main While Brightcove is alive and kicking it did put its consumerfacing side out to pasture PaidContent has a wideranging interview with CEO Jeremy AllaireYuletidingsRupert Murdoch finally got the keys to the Wall Street Journal Following the enormous gains up 64 since endAugust in NewYorkTimescom39s readership since ended TimesSelect will the WSJ end its premium content model per Murdoch39s marching ordersIn the interest of Holiday Mirth and laughing in the face of the abyss may we present Jib Jab for Web 20 Here Comes Another Bubble is a genius viral video warning of the YouKnowWhat Thank you 1500 Kindles and Facebook39s 35 Billion valuation Sadly it39s been taken down on YouTube thanks to a photographer with a litigious attorney TechCrunch39s Michael Arrington convincingly explains why she39s wrong In relationship to Friday39s commentary Advertisers and Agencies Meet with Writers as Long Strike Seems PreOrdained The AMPTP has retained political crisis consultants Fabiani ampamp Lehane which has strong ties to Democratic politicians and union loyalists and refers to itself as quotthe masters of disasterquot amp160amp160amp160

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